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I am not foolish; I just suddenly realized that the reason He Si snatched the jade pendant from my neck must be related to Gu Chen.
Seeing my gaze fixed on him, Gu Chen frowned slightly, seemingly a bit angry as he said, "Nonsense, what have I deceived you about?"
I replied angrily, "It's you! You must have let He Si take my pendant. You want him to deal with Mu Yan."
The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, and the more convinced I was of this idea.
Although Gu Chen had promised me that he wouldn't take action against Mu Yan, he never said that he wouldn't let others do so.
This was precisely why Gu Chen had not rushed into the ancient tomb over the past three days; he was deliberately waiting for He Si to arrive.
Upon hearing this, Gu Chen's expression darkened. He said, "Nonsense! If I wanted He Si to deal with Mu Yan, then why would I wait until we entered the tomb? Even outside, if I wanted him to act, could you stop him?"
His words made me furrow my brow slightly. It was undeniable that he was right; even outside, if He Si wanted to attack me, I wouldn't be able to stop him.
But why did he insist on waiting until we entered the tomb before letting He Si act?
At that moment, no matter how hard I tried to think, I couldn't understand. However, I would never believe that He Si wasn't someone he had brought in to deal with Mu Yan.
What kind of person is Gu Chen? If he claimed that the person he invited was only interested in the piece of Yinshan Jade I carried and acted to snatch it away, that simply didn't make sense.
Moreover, He Si hadn't even seen the jade pendant around my neck yet he had reached out and snatched it away in a flash.
Everything about this was undoubtedly connected to Gu Chen.
Suddenly, just when I was in deep turmoil, Gu Chen approached me with a dark expression.
I immediately furrowed my brows tightly, unsure of what he intended to do at that moment.
However, when he walked up to me, he subtly formed a hand seal and pointed it towards my left side. Suddenly, I heard a scream, and I was startled. Turning around, I was taken aback.
A pale-faced, ferocious female ghost was leaning in close to me, seemingly wanting to kiss me.
This reminded me of the Mysterious Ghost King, who had made a similar move before, all because of the Demon King's Cauldron within me.
With a flick of my finger, I dispelled her. At that moment, Gu Chen held a Bagua Mirror tightly in one hand while extending a talisman with the other. He flicked his finger, and the talisman instantly transformed into a brilliant light that entered the Bagua Mirror.
Then, Gu Chen aimed the Bagua Mirror at the female ghost and coldly commanded, “Capture.”
In an instant, the female ghost transformed into a stream of energy and was absorbed into the Bagua Mirror.
I stepped aside, somewhat dumbfounded, but it seemed I suddenly grasped something. Frowning slightly, I looked at Gu Chen and spoke up, “You’re afraid I’ll cause trouble outside, so you want to trap me here.”
“I want to trap you here?”
Gu Chen snorted coldly. “What about me? Am I supposed to trap myself here as well?”
I pointed at the Bagua Mirror in his hand and said, “That’s because you’re worried something will happen to me alone here. So you deliberately stayed behind while letting He Si deal with Mu Yan. Once He Si resolves Mu Yan, you’ll take me out.”
Yes, it must be like that. As I reached the end of my statement, my body began to tremble slightly from excessive anger.
“How dare you doubt your master?” Gu Chen seemed angry as well and couldn’t help but shout.
“I don’t have a deceitful master like you!” I immediately waved my hand and roared back.
“Scoundrel!”
At that moment, Gu Chen was infuriated by my words, his expression darkening significantly. He simply admitted, "I'm doing this for your own good. Do you think Mu Yan is just a ghost? It's not that simple."
"What else could she be?" I retorted angrily.
"Hmph, what do you think?"
Gu Chen couldn't help but snort again. "This world is far more complicated than you imagine. Even ghosts have their own factions, and her identity is certainly not simple. If you get entangled with her, you might not even know how you died when the time comes."
His words sent a slight tremor through me. Mao Shiba had mentioned before that Mu Yan's identity was anything but ordinary, but hearing it from Gu Chen made it feel even more certain.
However, I wasn't thinking about that at the moment; I simply shook my head and said, "No matter what she is, I can't treat her like this. Let me out of here."
"Stubborn as ever."
Gu Chen was furious and coldly snorted, "If you're so capable, then go out by yourself."
"Fine, I'll do it myself." I nodded, realizing that since Gu Chen wouldn't help, I had to rely on myself.
I hurried to the stone door of the tomb and began searching for the switch to open it, feeling along the stone walls on either side. I was worried that if I took too long, something might happen to Mu Yan.
Suddenly, a smile spread across my face as I spotted a small protrusion in the corner of the wall to the right of the stone door. That must be the switch!
I rushed over and grasped the protruding part with my hand.
At that moment, Gu Chen couldn't help but snort again. "Do you have any idea how dangerous this ancient tomb is? If you dare to step out of this chamber and something happens, don't blame me for not saving you."
I ignored him, my mind solely focused on Mu Yan. I hoped desperately that she would be alright, so I turned the switch without hesitation.
The stone door suddenly swung open, and just as I was about to rush out, Gu Chen grabbed my arm from behind and shouted, "Come back!"
I was instantly furious. I turned around and threw a punch, landing it squarely on Gu Chen's head, cursing, "Get the hell away from me!"
I couldn't even comprehend what had driven me to strike Gu Chen at that moment.
Gu Chen probably didn't expect it either; otherwise, with his skills, he would have easily dodged.
But after breaking free from Gu Chen's grip, I wasted no time and dashed straight outside.
At that moment, I heard Gu Chen let out a cold snort behind me, and then it sounded like he was chanting some sort of incantation. Suddenly, I saw beams of golden light shooting out from the tomb behind me, scattering everywhere.
I could see clearly that those beams of golden light were actually runes.
In the next instant, a horrifying scene unfolded before my eyes as the sound of clashing skeletons echoed in my ears.
I looked down to see the ground beneath me writhing. Then, dark figures began to rise from the soil. To my terror, they were skeletal remains—just bones without flesh—crawling up as if they had come from hell itself. They struggled to emerge and almost instantly overwhelmed me.
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